Assessing the hydrologic response to wildfires  in mountainous regions

Havel, Aaron; Tasdighi, Ali; Arabi, Mazdak

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2527-2018

Articles | Volume 22, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2527-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-2527-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 4

Research article

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25 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 25 Apr 2018

Assessing the hydrologic response to wildfires in mountainous regions

Aaron Havel, Ali Tasdighi, and Mazdak Arabi

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Final revised paper (published on 25 Apr 2018)
Preprint (discussion started on 01 Nov 2017)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Dec 2017
- AC1: 'Response to anonymous reviewer #1', Ali Tasdighi, 25 Jan 2018
- AC3: 'Response to anonymous reviewer #1', Ali Tasdighi, 25 Jan 2018
RC2: 'Review of the manuscript hess-2017-604', Anonymous Referee #2, 03 Dec 2017
- AC2: 'Response to anonymous reviewer #2', Ali Tasdighi, 25 Jan 2018
- AC4: 'Response to anonymous reviewer #2', Ali Tasdighi, 25 Jan 2018

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (31 Jan 2018) by Thom Bogaard

AR by Ali Tasdighi on behalf of the Authors (09 Feb 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (13 Feb 2018) by Thom Bogaard

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (12 Mar 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (13 Mar 2018) by Thom Bogaard

AR by Ali Tasdighi on behalf of the Authors (20 Mar 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Mar 2018) by Thom Bogaard

Short summary

This study investigated the hydrologic responses to wildfires in mountainous regions using a watershed model. The results indicate that while at the watershed outlet the changes in hydrologic responses may not be significant, at sub-watersheds with high burn intensity runoff increase up to 75 % was observed after the wildfire. Also, the chance of more severe floods was increased. The results have important implications for post-wildfire water resource planning and precautions for flash floods.